The Knotted Towels Gag!

On September 2, T.K. Ryan published a strip about the Poohawks weapons inventory...which included knotted towels, broken down by category into Hilton,

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, Sep 6, 2004

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On September 2, T.K. Ryan published a strip about the Poohawks'
weapons inventory...which included knotted towels, broken down by
category into Hilton, Sheraton and Hyatt. That strip seemed oddly
familiar to me. On checking my electronic archive of strips (which is
admittedly incomplete), sure enough, a nearly identical gag had been
used on September 21, but in a different year (apparently 2002).

Proof of this lapse of memory (or whatever it is) will be uploaded
post haste to our Files section (PDF).

@:-) Chief Sitting Duck

Tim Collins

... is ... been ... Three explanations come to mind: 1. Mr. Ryan took a much-deserved day off and hoped no one would notice... we won t tell anyone else will

> On September 2, T.K. Ryan published a strip about the Poohawks'
> weapons inventory...which included knotted towels, broken down by
> category into Hilton, Sheraton and Hyatt. That strip seemed oddly
> familiar to me. On checking my electronic archive of strips (which

is

> admittedly incomplete), sure enough, a nearly identical gag had

been

> used on September 21, but in a different year (apparently 2002).
>
> Proof of this lapse of memory (or whatever it is) will be uploaded
> post haste to our Files section (PDF).
>
> @:-) Chief Sitting Duck

Three explanations come to mind:

1. Mr. Ryan took a much-deserved day off and hoped no one would
notice... we won't tell anyone else will we group?

3. By recycling a gag Mr. Ryan hopes to get the strip into more
papers as the world's first environmentally correct comic.

2. The Poohawks have the most awe-inspiring arsenal of knotted towels
on the face of the Earth, taking two years to inventory it... be very
afriad.

Tim C

johanan_rakkav

Hi Tim, ... towels ... very ... We must rule out #1, because the two strips are not identical. In effect, he used the same gag drawn and captioned in two

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, Sep 6, 2004

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Hi Tim,

You wrote:

> Three explanations come to mind:
>
> 1. Mr. Ryan took a much-deserved day off and hoped no one would
> notice... we won't tell anyone else will we group?
>
> 3. By recycling a gag Mr. Ryan hopes to get the strip into more
> papers as the world's first environmentally correct comic.
>
> 2. The Poohawks have the most awe-inspiring arsenal of knotted

towels

> on the face of the Earth, taking two years to inventory it... be

very

> afriad.
>
> Tim C

We must rule out #1, because the two strips are not identical. In
effect, he used the same gag drawn and captioned in two somewhat
different ways. No day off for T.K. (And I do intend to tell T.K.
privately that I spotted this, but not to spread the news publicly.)

#3 is possible, though why you have it out of order in your list is
beyond me.

#2 (since these are, after all, the Poohawks) seems quite likely.
Let's just hope there's a drought in their neck of the woods for the
sake of the rest of us. If a dry knotted towel is bad, a wet one is
far worse.

> Hi Tim,
>
> You wrote:
>
> > Three explanations come to mind:
> >
> > 1. Mr. Ryan took a much-deserved day off and hoped no one would
> > notice... we won't tell anyone else will we group?
> >
> > 3. By recycling a gag Mr. Ryan hopes to get the strip into more
> > papers as the world's first environmentally correct comic.
> >
> > 2. The Poohawks have the most awe-inspiring arsenal of knotted
> towels
> > on the face of the Earth, taking two years to inventory it... be
> very
> > afriad.
> >
> > Tim C
>
> We must rule out #1, because the two strips are not identical. In
> effect, he used the same gag drawn and captioned in two somewhat
> different ways. No day off for T.K. (And I do intend to tell T.K.
> privately that I spotted this, but not to spread the news publicly.)

Half a day off then?

> #3 is possible, though why you have it out of order in your list is
> beyond me.

'Cause I messed up.

> #2 (since these are, after all, the Poohawks) seems quite likely.
> Let's just hope there's a drought in their neck of the woods for

the

> sake of the rest of us. If a dry knotted towel is bad, a wet one is
> far worse.
>
> Suitably terrified,
> @:-0 C.S.D. (John Wheeler)

Tim C.

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